#E8E259#E8E259

#E8E259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.156 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8E259
RGB	rgb(232, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -14.42, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 67.14, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(89.24% -0.045 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(89.24% 0.156 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.2803, 72.2718, 20.1184)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8E259 #595FE8

analogous

#E89B59 #E8E259 #A6E859

triadic

#E8E259 #59E8E2 #E259E8

tetradic

#E8E259 #59E89B #595FE8 #E859A6

square

#E8E259 #59E89B #595FE8 #E859A6

split-complementary

#E8E259 #59A6E8 #9B59E8

monochromatic

#AEA818 #E1D923 #E8E259 #EFEB8F #F7F5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#E8E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#E8E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8E259

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8E259	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.156 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea8e',
    500: '#e8e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8e259;
$custom-light: #f2ea8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89244,
    "c": 0.15591,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8E259

secondary

#363BAF

accent

#16D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17160D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8E259

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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